The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: Our newest Contributing Editor, Defense Dog (DefDog), thought to add to Chuck Spinney’s earlier sharing of the Pentagon spagetti charts by adding a touch of colorful salad–such good salad it has even been covered by WIRED Magazine. Read ‘Em All: Pentagon’s 193 Mind-Numbing Cybersecurity Regs NOTE: The version at WIRED is High …
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Who controls the internet? By Misha Glenny Published: October 8 2010 23:40 | Last updated: October 8 2010 23:40 Squared-jawed, with four stars decorating each shoulder, General Keith Alexander looks like a character straight out of an old American war movie. But his old-fashioned appearance belies the fact that the general has a new job …
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NATO You-Tube Front Page Phi Beta Iota Summary: Where should NATO go on out-of-area expeditionary operations? How does NATO define security & stability? How does NATO achieve balance between territorial defense and expeditionary operations, and between the voice of the big nations and the small nations? What is defense? What is 360 degree defense in …
Beyond belief, but here it is: the “official” explanation of why we are going to waste 12 billion dollars a year on contractors without a clue (vapor-ware). There is zero return on investment here for the taxpayer, only for the contractors and Congress, neither of which will be held accountable for fraud, waste, and …
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Virginia stands to feel the most pain from defense cuts Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post, Tuesday August 10, 2010 RICHMOND — Virginia officials reacted with bipartisan dismay on Monday to Defense Department budget shifts that will cost the state thousands of jobs in coming years and will dramatically impact the economies of the Norfolk …
Phi Beta Iota: Tip of the hat to Berto Jongman for this referral. The report is a classic exemplar of good people doing what they know and what they have been told to do, rather than what they need to do–Dr. Robert Ackoff called this “doing the wrong thing righter.” It is not possible to …
Nye, Joseph S. “Cyber Power.” Paper (30 Pages) Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2010 Power depends upon context, and the rapid growth of cyber space is an important new context in world politics. The low price of entry, anonymity, and asymmetries in vulnerability means that smaller actors …
